(SportsNetwork.com) - It wasn't perfect, but the Philadelphia Flyers played
well enough under new head coach Craig Berube to pick up their first victory
of the season.

The Flyers will try to make it two in a row under Berube on Friday night when
they play host to the Phoenix Coyotes.

Following a second straight 0-3 start to a season, Philadelphia fired coach
Peter Laviolette on Monday and replaced him with Berube, who made his head
coaching debut the following night versus the Florida Panthers.

The Flyers had been outscored 9-3 over their three-game skid, but got just
enough offense and 33 saves from Steve Mason in a 2-1 victory. Brayden Schenn
and Braydon Coburn had the goals as Philadelphia avoided its first ever 0-4
start.

"Well it's huge (to get that first win). The players were squeezing their
sticks, bearing down trying to score but overall we had a great effort,"
Berube said.

Berube's next task will be getting the Flyers' power play on track. The club
went 0-for-5 when up a man versus the Panthers and is just 2-for-19 on the
season.

A meeting with the Coyotes could help as Phoenix is killing off penalties at
just a 64.3-percent clip so far (9-for-14).

Mason has posted a 2.02 goals against average and .935 save percentage in
three games this year, while fellow netminder Ray Emery allowed four goals in
his only action on Oct. 5 versus Montreal. It is unknown which goaltender will
start tonight.

Mason is 3-6-0 with a 3.25 GAA and .895 save percentage in nine meetings with
the Coyotes, while Emery is 2-2-1 with a 2.10 GAA and .911 save percentage in
seven games against them.

The Coyotes had been outscored 10-2 in losing the first two contests of a
five-game road trip, but Michael Stone broke a tie game with 4:47 left in the
third period and Antoine Vermette tacked on an empty-netter.

Stone put home the game-winner when he took a drop pass from Mike Ribeiro and
sent a shot through traffic.

"I got an open chance to shoot. Ribeiro made a great pass and I got a screen
in front from Marty Hanzal," Stone said. "Everything worked out really well
there."

Derek Morris and Mikkel Boedker also scored and Boedker picked up an assist on
Vermette's goal. Mike Smith made 28 saves.

"It was a good stepping stone game for us. Obviously better than the last
two," said Coyotes coach Dave Tippett, who will coach in his 299th career game
with Phoenix tonight.

In the back end of playing on consecutive nights, Tippett could opt to give
backup Thomas Greiss is his start of the season. Greiss has appeared once in
relief this season and beat the Flyers the only time he faced them, stopping
37-of-38 shots faced on Oct. 25, 2009 with San Jose.

Smith is 4-6-1 with a 3.77 GAA and .884 save percentage in 12 career games
against the Flyers.

The Coyotes will wrap their road trip in Carolina on Sunday and lost both of
their meetings with the flyers in the 2011-12 season. The clubs did not
meeting during the lockout-shortened campaign.